Weekly Roundup: November 20th

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Trump is sitting down with the leaders of the Michigan legislature ahead of the state canvassing board meeting on Monday, where the election results are expected to be certified. He apparently hopes the GOP-controlled Legislature will appoint their own electors and overturn the popular vote.

At a White House press briefing Friday, the press secretary Kayleigh McEnany denied Trump would be pressuring the Michigan lawmakers.

Sidney Powell, a member of Trump's legal team, told Lou Dobbs of Fox Business on Thursday, "The entire election frankly in all the swing states should be overturned, and the legislatures should make sure that the electors are selected for Trump."

Also, what will the Department of Justice look like under Joe Biden?

This episode: correspondent Scott Detrow, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Nikolai from Corvalis, Oregon, and on November 20th, both Joe Biden and I are celebrating our birthday.
0:08.4	And this podcast was recorded at...
0:10.4	Happy Birthday! It is Friday, November 20th at 1.12pm Eastern.
0:15.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will still be celebrating my birthday in the company of my girlfriend and my nine other roommates.
0:25.0	Enjoy the show!
0:26.2	That's a lot of roommates.
0:30.2	Nine roommates?
0:32.2	That's a full house.
0:34.2	Yeah, but Happy Birthday. Hopefully they can get some time without the roommates.
0:38.2	Oh, whoa!
0:39.2	I should just took it to a different spicy level.
0:42.2	I would... yes, that's... that's spicy! Oh my goodness!
0:46.2	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Scott Tattro. I'm covering the Biden transition.
0:50.2	I'm Aysir Asco. I cover the White House.
0:52.2	And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
0:55.2	In your view, Mr. President-elect, what do you think the president is doing?
0:59.2	What are Americans witnessing here?
1:03.2	Let me choose my words.
1:07.2	Oh, here.
1:09.2	I think they're witnessing incredible irresponsibility.
1:13.2	Incredibly damaging messages being sent to the rest of the world about how democracy functions.
1:19.2	That is, of course, President-elect Joe Biden, who is celebrating his 78th birthday today during speech in Wilmington yesterday.
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